GMapsScout vs Outscraper
Both pull business data out of Google Maps. They are built differently, charge differently, and suit different jobs. This page is about which is which — including where Outscraper is the better choice.
First, a disclosure
GMapsScout publishes this page and sells one of the two tools on it. Read it with that in mind. To keep it honest, it compares the things that are structurally true of each product — where it runs, how it charges, whether it enriches — rather than prices and feature counts that change every quarter. Last checked September 2026. If something here is out of date, tell us and it will be corrected.
Outscraper — A cloud data-extraction service with a Google Maps scraper at its centre and a long list of other sources — reviews, contacts, emails — around it. Web interface and API.
GMapsScout — a Chrome extension that runs on the Google Maps page you are already looking at, reads the results, enriches them with public contact details, scores them, and exports 45 columns. Leads are stored in your own browser.
Where each one runs
The biggest practical difference, and the one that decides most of the others.
Outscraper
- In Outscraper's cloud, through a web form or the API. You submit a query and a location, the job runs on their infrastructure, and you download the result. Good for volume; there is nothing to install and no browser involved.
GMapsScout
- In your browser, as a Chrome extension, on the Google Maps search you are already viewing.
- You see the results before you scan them, refine the search, and scan again. There is no job to configure and nothing to wait for.
- The limit is your browser and your plan's daily cap — not infrastructure. Auto Scan can work through a list of cities unattended, but it is your machine doing it.
How each one charges
Not the number — the model. That is what decides your cost at your real volume.
Outscraper
- Pay as you go, per record, with no subscription — Outscraper describes it as "no monthly fees or recurring billing." As of September 2026 the Google Maps scraper has a free tier of the first 500 business records each month, then roughly $3 per 1,000 records beyond that, with the unit price falling at higher volumes. Enrichment is billed separately, per record, on top. Straightforward for a fixed-size job; less so if you scrape often, because every run adds to the meter.
GMapsScout
- Flat monthly plans with a lead cap, and a free plan that is a working tier: 500 leads and 250 enrichments a month, no card.
- No per-result meter. A big sweep costs the same as a small one until you hit the plan's cap.
- The cap is what to watch: 500 a month on free, 150,000 on Basic, 500,000 on Pro. See pricing for what those mean in practice.
What each one does about emails
Extraction gives you what the listing shows. Enrichment is the difference between a directory and a list you can contact.
Outscraper
- Yes, as an add-on selected at run time: the "Emails & Contacts Scraper" can be chained to a Maps job from the "Enrich by other services" option, and other enrichments (domain, phone, company data) are available the same way. Each is a separate billing unit.
GMapsScout
- Enrichment is built in: press Enrich and the extension visits each business's website and profile for a public email, an owner name, social profiles, and signals like unanswered reviews.
- Best-effort, and honest about it. A business that has published no email gets "not found", not a guess.
- Runs in your browser like everything else — the enrichment traffic comes from you, not from a scraping farm.
Which one to pick
Both are good tools. They are good at different jobs.
Pick Outscraper if
- You need very large one-off pulls — a whole state, a whole category.
- You want an API without running your own infrastructure.
- You are scraping sources other than Google Maps and want them in one place.
- You scrape rarely and would rather pay per job than per month.
Pick GMapsScout if
- You scrape often and want a flat monthly cost rather than a per-record meter.
- You want to work inside Google Maps — see the results, refine the search, scan again.
- You want lead scoring and pipeline status alongside the data, not just the export.
- You would rather the data never left your browser.
The fastest way to decide: run the same search — one niche, one city — on both free tiers and compare what comes back. Ten minutes of that beats any comparison page, this one included.
Questions
Can I use Outscraper and GMapsScout together?
Is either one allowed by Google?
Why should I trust a comparison written by one of the companies in it?
Try the extension on the search you already have open
Free plan, no card. If it is the wrong shape for your job, you will know in ten minutes and nothing was spent.